Rebecca Weiss's Lovely and Pointedly Poignant 1819 Penmanship Notebook woman's head pins and all

pins and all

I find them both very full of humanity and emotion--this one making me think a bit of Picasso

with the silver and gold paint giving it some extra fanciness

M King at 489 Main Street

The inlays on the front are bone

Rebecca Weiss's Lovely and Pointedly Poignant 1819 Penmanship Notebook woman's head pins and allI'll never stop loving penmanship practice notebooks, and very early ones certainly most of all so beautiful, and so revealing of their times, while also never failing to resonate in the present moment. That feels acutely the case with this one, the work of a Rebecca Weiss, who signed her name at the bottom of most every page, and dated them too, January February 1819. "Learn content" (such a good one!) "Lies bring shame." "Bear no malice." "Honor is